Browsing: Science

Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and…

This Mushroom’s Incredibly Bitter Taste Is New to ScienceThe first analysis of mushroom bitterness reveals ultrapotent compoundsBy K. R. Callaway edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Alexander…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois spent 22 years forecasting the weather on television before winning his congressional…

Just over 20 years ago, Steven Spielberg released War of the Worlds, a remake of the HG Wells classic updated for then modern day, capturing an…

It’s summertime in the UK and social media is awash with influencers airing their concerns about sunscreen. Among them is reality TV star Sam Faiers from…

There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from this tuber.…

The Justice Department this week accused UCLA of failing to protect its Jewish students. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images (This article has been updated with…

U.S. Science—and Scientific American—Have Weathered Attacks Before and WonFederal officials seized 3,000 copies of Scientific American in 1950 in a “red scare” era of attacks on…

What Books Scientific American Read in JulyCheck out Scientific American’s fiction and nonfiction book recommendations for JulyBy Brianne Kane edited by Andrea Gawrylewski Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty…

We Just Discovered the Sounds of Spacetime. Let’s Keep ListeningLess than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten…